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Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease an 8-by-4-inch or 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray with flour (like Baker's Joy or Pam Baking Spray). Or you can spray it with regular cooking spray and lightly dust pan with flour.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
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In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and brown sugar until light and slightly fluffy. Add eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla; stir to combine.
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Add flour mixture into the butter mixture; stir to combine. Gently fold in chopped plums and blackberries.
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In a small bowl, beat together cream cheese, remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and sugar. Fold it into the batter just a few times so there are streaks of cream cheese throughout.
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Make the oat streusel: Add all ingredients except the powdered sugar into a small bowl and mix with your fingers until a clumpy, cohesive, streusel-texture mix forms.
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Pour batter into prepared pan. Top with a few pieces of chopped plums and blackberries, if desired. Top it evenly with the oat streusel.
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Bake for 1 hour (this could be less if you use a 9-by-5-inch pan) or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If the top is browning too quickly, cover with a tent of foil.
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Remove pan from oven and set it on a rack. Cool bread for 15 minutes in the pan, then carefully remove it from the pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.
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Bread recipe adapted from Bake or Break.
